Growth economics of epidemics: A review of the theory

Mathematical Population Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-26

  Boucekkine, Raouf ^a,b   Diene, Bity ^c   Azomahou, Théophile ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

AIDS; Epidemics; Growth theory; Health; Human capital; Life expectancy

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH THEORY; HUMAN CAPITAL; LIFE EXPECTANCY;

EID: 38649124333     PISSN: 08898480     EISSN: 1547724X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08898480701792410     Document Type: Review

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